“That's very important to me as well: presentation and how people perceive you, the visual of how things look, your posture. I learned that from [Bob] Fosse and Jerome Robbins, from all the great theater directors and the Busby Berkeleys. You overdeliver: visually, emotionally.” PeopleWellsLooksImportantDirectorsTheaterPerceiveVisualsBobPresentationPostureBerkeleyFosse Author:Judd Apatow
“What is likely to happen? Either an escalation of violence or an entire change in the whole Middle East theater. It may well happen, and I say this to my Palestinian friends, that the Palestinians have in a certain way missed their hour. They had their moment when the world's public opinion was behind them, and a considerable part of the Israeli public was willing to compromise with them.” WorldWayWellsMayWholeMomentsHappensCertainHoursBehindsOpinionViolenceMiddleWillingTheaterEastCompromiseMiddle EastPalestinianPublic OpinionIsraeliEscalation Author:Amos Oz
“It was lucky that Ralph [Fiennes] is someone who understands both film and theater and we were able to understand that scene so well before we took it to the set.” WellsAbleFilmSceneLuckyTheater Author:Felicity Jones
“Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.” WellsSchoolLinesDesignTheaterChicagoCostumes Author:John Malkovich
“Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament.” HumansWellsRealRolesRightsTheaterInstitutionsHuman RightsCastsIraqIsraelAbsurdVillainUnfortunateCommitteesSaddamDisarmamentLibya Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.” WellsArtFashionNew YorkIndustryTheaterTownsFinancePublishingAcademiaMovie MakingService Industry Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in the same theater on the same day at the same time - they are my audience. They're the people that I think about while I'm writing, directing, and editing. I specifically make movies for them.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsMadeFilmThreeAudienceThirdsTheaterEditingTorontoPremieresBirthplaceBirth Place Author:Jason Reitman
“The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.” NeedsWellsTheaterTheatreReminders Book:Sex, Death, and Money Source: Sex, Death, and Money
“Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.” ThinkingWellsDoneTheaterDramaticUnclesExitFlairPoseidon Book:The lightning thief Source: The lightning thief
“I suppose it is submerged realities that give to dreams their curious air of hyper-reality. But perhaps there is something else as well, something nebulous, gauze-like, through which everything one sees in a dream seems, paradoxically, much clearer. A pond becomes a lake, a breeze becomes a storm, a handful of dust is a desert, a grain of sulphur in the blood is a volcanic inferno. What manner of theater is it, in which we are at once playwright, actor, stage manager, scene painter and audience?” GivingWellsDreamRealitySeemsActorsAudienceAirBloodStageSceneTheaterStormPainterDustCuriousManagersDesertLakesGrainBreezeHandfulPlaywrightPondsHyperInfernoSubmergedStage Managers Author:W. G. Sebald
“I believe education in music, theater, dance, and the visual arts... is part of a well-rounded education and can provide so much joy, now and in the future.” BelieveWellsArtJoyI BelieveArt IsTheaterDanceVisualsVisual ArtWell RoundedAccess To Education Author:Rudy Giuliani
“A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived” ShouldWellsMeanWholeAbleGivenForceGenerationsTheaterDeprived Author:Vanessa Redgrave
“Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.” WellsTwoPlayCharacterLightTodayHoursTheaterDown AndCurtainsLive For TodayTwo Of Us Author:Eli Wallach
“There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie.” WellsActionGuyTrainingCatTheaterLike MeAfrican AmericanFewerAction Movie Author:Wesley Snipes
“Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on” YearsWellsI CanFilmRolesGoodnessTheaterTechniqueRelyThank You Author:Chris Cooper
“I love flexing theater Muscles. Television has merits as well, but there's no substitute for live theater.” WellsTelevisionTheaterMeritMusclesSubstitutesLive TheaterFlexing Author:Eddie Cahill
“Well, he's got a much bigger circus to play with, and he has a lot more financing available, and he has a lot more time available. I think that makes a huge difference. I think he instinctively knows how to make films and all the different ways that you can make stuff. He's very gadget-wise, and he's very smart about all the different things that are available to a filmmaker nowadays, and he makes very good use of them. He has a theater in his house, for God's sake. It has proper curtains on it and everything. It's pretty wild.” ThinkingKnowsWayWellsDifferentPlayGodUseFilmHouseStuffDifferencesKnow HowWiseHugeSmartBiggerTheaterVery GoodSakeAvailableDifferent WaysFilmmakerDifferent ThingsMore TimeCurtainsCircusGadgetsFinancingVery Smart Author:Michael Madsen
“It would have been a great story if Brooks had went out there and scored 21 points, ... That would have been great theater. But the reality of that is very difficult, as we know, in this league for any QB when defense is playing good. And the Ravens played well.” IfsKnowsWellsHas BeensStoriesRealityDifficultTheaterDefenseLeagueBrooksRavens Author:Herman Edwards
“We all know that men in moderate circumstances can have just as comfortable houses as the richest, just as comfortable clothing, just as good food. They can see just as fine paintings, just as marvelous statues, and they can hear just as good music. They can attend the same theaters and the same operas. They can enjoy the same sunshine, and above all, can love and be loved just as well as kings and millionaires.” KnowsMenWellsHouseEnjoyMoneyPaintingFineKingsCircumstancesComfortableTheaterSunshineClothingsOperaMarvelousModeratesStatuesMillionaireGood Food Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Miscellany Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Miscellany
“Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year'.” IfsYearsWellsPlayShowsWantedSchoolMotherCoursesCan DoCommunityNormalTheaterAgentsSoccerGradesGood Grades Author:Laura Benanti